Angela Davis

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

Alondra Nelson

Science & Technology Policy Leader, Former Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden & Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

AI Regulation is Not ‘Staunching Innovation’ in the Workplace

Victor Rios

Educator, Author, & Creator of Project GRIT

Bertice Berry

Sociologist, Author and Educator

Claire Sterk

President of Emory University, Advocate for Women Leaders & Renowned Thought Leader on Social & Health Disparities

Ross Greene

Clinical Psychologist, Originator of the Collaborative & Proactive Solutions Approach and Author of "The Explosive Child"

Nikki Giovanni

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Review: An Afrofuturist Space Odyssey

Molefi Kete Asante

Leading Black Scholar

Jerry Friedman

Photographer / Author / Expert on Supercentenarians

Scott Poland

Internationally Recognized Expert on School Crisis

Jim Campbell

President of The East Tennessee Economic Council / Nonprofit Organization Management

John Searle

American philosopher, currently the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Noted for his contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and social philosophy

Betsy Levy Paluck

Professor of Psychology & Public Policy, Princeton University; Behavioral Psychologist

Paul Yip

Director of Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention at The University of Hong Kong; Professor of Population Health

Lawrence Rudnick

University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy Professor; Director of Graduate Studies; Astrophysicist